| ududek | n.poss.1s | |
| ududem | n.poss.2s | |
| ududel | n.poss.3s |
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| ududam | n.poss.1pe | |
| ududed | n.poss.1pi | |
| ududiu | n.poss.2p | |
| ududir | n.poss.3p | |
| ududek el lluich el kluk | expr. | my twenty dollars. |
| ududir a rengalek | expr. | Palauan money given to children by father's family when either parents died. |
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See also:
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Examples: |
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> I'm afraid I won't have any money to go to America. |
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> Toki always used to borrow money. |
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> If only I had some money, then I'd be able to go to America. |
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> If Droteo hadn't had the money, (then) he wouldn't have gone to Guam. |
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> My money's run out. |
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Proverbs: |
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> Destroying his money. Marriage within the clan, generally
considered incestuous, limits the value of the
food-money exchange, since the materials
simply change hands within the same clan
group. A man so married is criticized as
having destroyed his source of wealth. |
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More Examples: |
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> The value of such stone money is not only the sheer size of the discs, but the physical and treacherous labor of carving them, and then transporting them back to Yap via outrigger canoe. |
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> We like it quick and easy money making schemes without thinking for the future. |
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> Father/mother, I need money to go to college/university. |
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> My budget was low, I could not buy cigarettes. |
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> Can I give you my money for beer when you go to the store? |
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